Emperor's Reckoning

"Wait a minute, father, how many days had passed since I passed out?!" said Zet as he stood up.

"Sssss... three to four weeks give or take?" said the middle-aged man.

"What?! Then the tournament?!" Zet suddenly rushed toward the door before his father held him by the back of his collar.

"Calm down, Zet."

The middle-aged man put him down before letting out a sigh. "We will go to Heaven this noon. Pack everything you need."

"Oh, Phew! I thought I missed it. Wait a minute, how about big brother Lyon??" asked Zet.

The middle-aged man shook his head. "There is no way to go into Garuda City right now, nobody even knows if it's still there or not with the raging tornadoes and erupting volcanoes. The place is a nightmare."

(Then again, how ridiculously powerful that butler actually is? He could go in and go out of that apocalypse without even being drenched) thought the middle-aged man before he shook his head.

"However, if he is one of his subordinate than it would be fine," said the middle-aged man. He was sure nothing would happen to the man his son called big brother.

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"We are going first then," said Porealus to his grandfather inside the special room.

The grandfather nodded, "I'll be there after you, I have to meet with the other two Great Families first."

"Heh, fine, you know, you should really put a trust to the latter generation sometime soon."

"Hahaha, over my dead body!"

Porealus shrugged as he smiled. "Later, grandfather."

"En," the old man nodded as he glanced back before looking at the broad shoulders of his own grandson. This little gesture escape the young one's eyes.

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Ivy was inside the Yuki Clan's most honored place. She was kneeling with one knee touching to the icy ground. Her cold beauty was exuding even when she lowered her head. However, the ice cold temperature made her complexion turned quite pale.

"Ivy, are you sure that you want to participate once again?"

A woman sitting on the throne opposite Ivy was the one talking.

"Matriach, please,  I hit eleventh place at the time. I believe I can enter the top ten now."

"Is the top ten really important for you?"

"It is," said Ivy as her eyes looked sharp when she took a glance against the matriach.

The matriach let out a sigh. "You are the coldest of them all, Ivy. That bitter experience sure had made you who you are right now."

Ivy refrained from saying a word.

"Then, when will you be departing?" asked the matriach.

"After this."

"I see. So you have come prepared," said the Matriach. "And if I forbid you for going?"

Ivy eyes were a bit surprised by her words but she didn't say a word.

The matriach smiled. "You would go anyway, huh."

The matriach stood up from her throne. "Alright, you're permission to enter that rigged tournament is allowed. However one thing that you must promise me. I won't accept anything worth less than tenth place!"

"Yes, matriach!"

"Go, leave me be."

"Yes, matriach." Ivy got up before bowing once more. She turned around and left the unguarded throne room.

The matriach let out a sigh. "That girl, does she really want to inherit my position. The price to be in this position is not worth it."

She sat back on her throne before she contemplated. (The situation in Garuda City concerns me. That young man is currently living there but the disastrous natural phenomenon forbids anyone from entering the city. Treas had Heavens as its backing and he destroyed it. I hope its not the Heaven taking their face back out of them but it is very likely).

The situation indeed had grown wary for some. The thunderous roar, the eruption of magma, the gale of tornado and the tsunami of the sea along with the gigantic tremor. The world where Garuda City lies were on impending doom in the eyes of a commoner.

"I need to meet with the other patriarchs. Oh right, I forgot to tell her that I will be watching the tournament too. Ah well, I'm sure it will be a nice surprise." The matriach smiled.

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More than twenty days. It was more than twenty days that natural disaster had surrounded the Garuda City.

Finally on the 23rd day, the massive apocalyptic multiple natural disasters had finally tuned down. The receeding nightmare also started to make the cultivators inside the city to open their eyes.

They were all weakly struggling to get up along with the cattles. Wondering what had happened they looked at the blue sky that was as normal as any other day. The sun was still visible and nothing was seem out of the ordinary.

"Eh? What's going on?"

"Hey look here mister, you sold me a rotten apple?!"

"W-What?! That's impo-?! My fruits!"

The market entered into dissaray but only for a short moment since the seller's tears were met with unfamiliar pouch on their display table. One peek inside and the tears had turned its meaning one eighty degrees. The content was enough to buy ten times the amount of stock that one seller had and every seller each had one pouch on their table.

They were not only being reimbursed but the trajectory of their life might as well had changed.

"Oh? I didn't remember of having this inside my drawer?" said an old local cultivator inside his room. He held the pouch with his weary hands, looking at the content immediately snapped open his narrowed eyes.

Not only the markets, the local cultivators were reimbursed as well. Nobody was left poor when disaster struck. With those wealth, they could leap bounds their cultivation level or their quality of life.

*Flash!

A tiny dot suddenly flashed in the sky before a concerning boom ensued.

Everyone's eyes immediately turned toward the huge mansion before seeing a light smoke permeating out.

"W-What now?" said one of the onlookers.

Meanwhile inside the mansion, Kesya was standing beside Assid.

"Assid, how did you know that they would land there? I mean look at that! They landed precisely on the bed that you have prepared! Not only that, you already cut a hole against the roof and they went through it!"

Assid turned around before pushing his glasses. "It's professional's standard."

Kesya immediately slouched before Assid left her. (I doubt even the professional would be as good as you).

"But then again..." Kesya turned around before glancing at the couple. 

"More than twenty days and igniting natural disaster after another." She shook her head. "You two are the true beast here."

Lyon was sleeping on top of Cecile with his head resting on her right breast. Both of them were sleeping peacefully.